Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1889 — Trees on a Steeple. [ARTICLE]

Trees on a Steeple.

Growing out of the masonry of the Catholic Chusch steeple in Biddeford, almost at the upper limit of the brick work, are two young trees. One is upon the side of the steeple facing down Elm street, and the other is upon the opposite side. They are so high in the air that they look much smaller than they really are, and probably very few who pass the church notice them, yet masons who are able to make comparisons by a knowledge of distances between points upon the spire say that the tree upon the south side of the steeple is fully eight feet tall and the other about six. Both are green and healthy-looking, and have grown rapidly within a year. They are beyond reach from the upper window, and could not be removed without a stage being built. The opinion is that one is a willow and the other a poplar. How they obtained root in the masonrv is a mystery. —Portland Pres?,